israel blamed the asaad government for helping in the attack. kimberley halkett has the latest. >> the israeli military says the aircraft carried out a number of strikes earlier, on a number of targets including a military headquarters and a training base. >> it occurred along the shared border. israel says it acted because syria enabled the tuesday attack on an israeli jeep. we know the attack occurred, according to the israeli military when four shoulders exited a jeep to investigate suspicious activities, ta a bomb was detonated. four soldiers were injured. one seriously. it was then that israel responded, late tuesday with artillery fire, and with aircraft strikes. why has this happened? >> we do know that there has been increased tensions along israel's north-east border, the border between lebanon and syria. we know that earlier on friday that, in fact, israel fired six mortars into south lebanon after saying a bomb was detonated. israel pointed to hezbollah, as being responsible for that. we know that earlier this month israel shot two me

they'll have trouble getting consensus as long as russia resides with asaad. >> western gulf nations were promised $2.5 million aid, to give to syria. figures suggest that a mere 1% of the money has been paid. james bays reports. hosting the conference. >> the seize is big they are than when the con flight started. u.n. figures show 6.6 million people, the number is higher with 1 million syrians living in lebanon. inside syria nine million people are in need of aid. >> in january kuwait hosted a donor conference needed to fund the response. countries pledged millions. how much of that money has been received. >> the amount requested was a record for humanitarian emergency. 6.5 billion. there are, in fact, two separate appeals for those needing aid. inside syria they wanted 2.2 million. of that so far the u.n. received 230 million. the separate appeal is for the regional countries, 4.3 billion. the u.n. says it has got from that appeal 674 million. >> in total 1% of syrians in desperate need is being deposited with the u.n. it's two months, and some countries give money to aid agencie

. >> the asaad's regime murderous appetite deployed against civilians in syria, despite the council's call that they say types of attacks stop, is the number one factor driving displacement and the broader humanitarian crisis. >> some help reached civilians in an area along the turkish border, it's a tiny fraction of aid needed for the country. it detailed the government's use. the syrian ambassador to the u.n. was asked about this by a report are, and he was adamant that the government is not killing civilians. >> we drop weapons against terrorist groups. >> you don't deny it. >> no, but we use it against terrorist groups. >> it's landing on civilians. >> no, it's not landing on civilians. snow it's clear that they are civilians. >> what you sigh on the tv is publicity broadcast by adhaves ris. we are not killing our open people. these are our own people, we do not kill our own people. those killing the syrian civilians are sponsored by the dirty petrol dollars from saudi arabia, and turkey. >> western diplomats are talking about what stronger steps may be taken by the security counc

asaad controls the west and border areas. the army is consolidating the grip on homs province, and a battle is underway, a major supply route for the army in idlib. a wave of shelling in aleppo is a sign that the army is determined to one the war in the north. >> the opposition says without advanced weapons from their western and regional backers, fighting will continue for many years and more people will die. >> i know the calendar says spring is a couple of days away, but it does not feel that way. tonight we were going to be in the 20s. we are in a transitional staining. luckily, spring starts on thursday. it will get a little bit colder. take a look at the map behind me. look at these temperatures. today we climbed to 36. yesterday the high temperature was 57. as we make our way back to work on monday, we may see a few flurries, we got good weather this weekend and have a lot to look forward to. have a front pushing across the country, across the south-east that brought heavy rain across portions of alabama and the north.

which recapturing, asaad controls the west. army is consolidating its gripe on homs province, and a battle is underway. a major supply route for the army. >> a wave of shelling in aleppo could be a sign that the army is determined to win the war in the north. >> the opposition says without advanced weapons from their western and regional backers, fighting will continue for years, and more people will die. >> syria's civil war is forcing its wounded into enemy territory, and the injured are crossing the border into israeli occupied land. the two countries have been enemies. syrian patients need help from israeli doctors. their story in their own words. >> this is a severe injury, because he had open fracture of the bone and we lost his articulation here. >> next week he'll be back in syria, when needed i leave this job and go to be the commander of the field hospital. positions with the country, these people remain untreated. >> trmp a shell exploded near me. i'd like to go a hospital in syria, it's not safe. we hear stories of

the new election law allows multiple candidates but bashar al asaad is likely to win another time.ears marks the start of the syrian war, ahead of that, featuring bankcy is trying to help syrians. >> tony, if you go to his website, you will see this, an image created by the artist, a little girl with a heart-shaped balloon. if that i amage looks familiar, it's because it's a remake of an image he did back in 2002 with a little girl in the red balloon. the red balloon is supposed to symbolize hope. people from all over the world are encouraged to post i amages of themselves holding signs saying, hash tag, with syria or holding up a red balloon. you have itris elba, a british actor. he is participating in this campaign. you also have peter gabe breel taking part in this. look at this. this is a little boy right here in time square holding this red balloon. and, also, events all over the worldr taking place tonight, today, tomorrow. this took place today at a refugee camp in jordan. and this is nelson's column in london. tonight, this was a projection on nelson's column that says, "gi

demonstrations took place in london calling for president asaad to step down. i spoke with the commissioner for refugees to speak about what the nearly mine n.h.l. displain syrians displaced. >> it's the largest displaced population and six million of them are inside syria. many have already had to move six, seven, eight times. they have e ous problems to get essential things for life. many of them have problems or food. 50% of the children are out of school. many hospitals destroyed, many health centers destroyed. when they managed to cross the border, i believe, 3 million people have crossed borders, two and a half million with us and when they crossed the border, even if together with all of the agencies and with the states of the neighboring countries even if we are doing everything we can to support them, their needs and the dimension of the problem is out of proportion with the capacity with the humanitarian aid and mistaken, mistaken people are living in exile with enormous problems an especially the children. children traumatized by violence inside syri

israel blames the asaad government. the obama administration is taking steps against the syrian regime. documents and staff have been told to heave the u.s. by the end of the -- leave the u.s. by the end of the month, ordering the closure of the embassy and washington. three years into the syrian war, the once bus lipping city of aleppo - some refuse to leave. >> the neighbourhood with aleppo under fire. the result - rubble across the road. smoke rising all around. badly damaged buildings. and injuries. survivors shout to others above - come down. it must be hard to know which way to turn. many other neighbourhoods here have been hit before. last month dozens of government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the area. residen residents returned to find their homes unrecognizable. >> translation: i came to see my house. i couldn't work out where it is, there no doors or walls. i'm lost here, as if i'm in a jungle or somewhere worse. i don't know what to say. >> the city once boasted a population of 2 million. the u.n.'s

of them, like the brigades in lebanon say as long as hezbollah is fighting in syria, supporting the asaad government, they'll fight against hz in lebanon. >> hezbollah is dominant in southern parts of lebanon. there has been deadly attacks in the area, since admitting sending fighters to help bashar al-assad. last month bombings killed eight and injured more than 120 others. just like the attack in bell beck, civilians are caught up in a surge of violence, mirroring the war fought next door. >> the syrian government says it's in full control of yab road the last rebel strong hold. bashar al-assad's forces launched a full offensive. most of the 40,000 that lived there were forced to leave. before that the government took a number of areas around the area. the u.n. and arab league envoy has been visiting iran. he met the secretary of iran's supreme council. iran is a major supporter of syria's government and funds fighters linked to hezbollah. they hope they can bring progress to peace talks. the palestine president mahmoud abbas is due to meet u.s. president obama in washington on monday a